RichardJMurphy, Advertising is designed to make you miserable https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/02/advertising-is-designed-to-make-you-miserable/. It is intended to make us doubt our self-worth. Subtly, but persuasively, it tries to put us in debt. And all too often, what it's promoting does nothing for our well-being. So, shouldn't we be taking steps to control the harm that it causes?